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Physical Science
Essential Outcomes
Fairview High School

Physical Science A

Safety, Tools & Techniques of Science

• Identify the equipment and skills used in science.

Structure and Properties of Matter

• Identify a substance as a compound or mixture and the type of bonds involved.

• Distinguish between volume, shape, and particle arrangement in the four phases of matter.

• Distinguish the difference between elements, compounds, solutions, colloids, and suspensions.

• Identify an element as a metal, nonmetal, or metalloid using the periodic table and give its subatomic information.

• Identify the parts of an atom and their characteristics.

• Identify common element symbols and distinguish information from compound formulas.

• Calculate density, given volume and mass.

Interactions of Matter

• Classify mixtures as heterogeneous or homogeneous.

• Identify physical or chemical changes of matter.

• Classify and balance chemical equations.

• Identify the parts and characteristics of a solution.

• Identify endothermic and exothermic reactions from temperature changes.

• Classify acidic, basic, and neutral substances solutions by their ion concentrations.

• Identify acidic, basic, and neutral substances using indicators.

• Predict the affects of pressure, temperature, or volume on the behavior of gases.

• Explain the law of conservation of mass through chemical reactions.

• Compare temperature scales and the freezing and boiling point of water in each scale.

• Compare heat, temperature, conduction, convection, radiation, and calculate thermal energy.

Physical Science B

Force and Motion

• Distinguish between mass, weight, speed, and velocity.

• Interpret distance-time graphs for velocity and calculate velocity given distance and time.

• Calculate acceleration given velocity and time.

• Relate inertia, force, or action-reaction forces to Newton's three laws of motion.

• Calculate force given mass and acceleration.

• Identify simple machines and those that make up complex machines.

Energy

• Relate the affects of gravity on the motion of falling bodies, ocean tides, and satellites.

• Calculate power or work given force, distance, and time.

• Examine the law of conservation of momentum.

• Classify and identify the parts of transverse and longitudinal waves.

• Determine wavelength given frequency and amplitude.

• Identify the characteristics of sound and light.

• Identify wave reflection, diffraction, refraction, and interference.

• Calculate wave speed given frequency and wavelength.

• Identify the parts of an electric circuit and compare series and parallel circuits.

• Utilize Ohm's Law to calculate voltage, resistance, or amperes.

• Compare nuclear fission and fusion.

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